Colbrelli wins SuisseGas Gran Premio Città di Lugano
Lampre-Merida teammates Ulissi second and Ferrari third
Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani-CSF) won the UCI 1.HC SuisseGas Gran Premio Città di Lugano on Sunday. The Italian out-sprinted compatriots and Lampre-Merida teammates Diego Ulissi and Roberto Ferrari to take the win.
"This victory has been the culmination of a great performances by the entire Bardiani-CSF," Colbrelli said in a team press release. "We knew today was a very good chance to win and we were really motivated to take it. We rode with a winning strategy, everything was perfect even if the day was really hard with cold and rain.
"This victory is a big boost of confidence in view of the next important events of our calendars, such as Strade Bianche, Tirreno-Adriatico, Milano-Sanremo and then the Belgium campaign. We have the confirmation we’re on the right way and, most important, we can forget the not-positive 2015 season and just looking ahead."
The event was held under cold and wet weather conditions along the Lago di Lugano where 113 riders lined up to contest the 70-year-old race. The early breakaway included Serghei Tvetcov (Androni-Sidermec) and Artem Nych (Gazprom RusVelo), who broke away at the 16km mark and stayed away until 132km with a gap of roughly two minutes.
The next move included Ulissi, who was followed promptly by Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani-CSF), Damiano Cunego (Nippo Fantini), Jarlinson Pantano (IAM Cycling) and Omar Fraile (Dimension Data). With no organisation, the move was nearly reabsorbed into the small field with 22km to go but with one final climb, they managed to make it stick, even though the front group slightly reshuffled.
Bardiani-CSF’s Colbrelli joined the leaders, and followed another attack from Ulissi, which was the final move of the day over the last climb. That move included four other riders; Ferrari, Solomennikov, Pantano and Cungeo, but Colbrelli won the sprint to the line.
"People think I’m a sprinter, but it’s not my feeling," Colbrelli said. "During last years I grew a lot, I improved my resistance especially on the short climbs. This is why I attacked selecting the group - I didn’t want a sprint. The hardest moment of the race has been the final kilometer when the small group behind me, Ulissi and Pantano were really close to catching us. Ferrari was there and he’s really fast, I had only one choice - push hard until the finish."
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 5:02:07 |
2 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) IAM Cycling | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:00:04 |
7 | Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Dimension Data | 0:00:07 |
8 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:38 |
9 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | 0:01:02 |
11 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group | 0:01:16 |
12 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | 0:01:19 |
14 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Redi Halilaj (Alb) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) d'Amico Bottecchia | 0:01:26 |
20 | Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | 0:01:29 |
21 | Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data | 0:02:35 |
22 | Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre - Merida | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) Dimension Data | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Roth | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:02:48 |
28 | Simone Petilli (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 0:02:52 |
29 | Antonio Nibali (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Grega Bole (Slo) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Ivan Savitskiy (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling | 0:04:04 |
34 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:04:13 |
35 | Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 0:05:42 |
36 | David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Team Roth | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Matthias Krizek (Aut) Team Roth | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Giorgio Bocchiola (Ita) d'Amico Bottecchia | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Francesco Baldi (Ita) d'Amico Bottecchia | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre - Merida | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre - Merida | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - Merida | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gang Xu (Chn) Lampre - Merida | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Davide Vigano (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gianfranco Zilioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniele Colli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pawel Franczak (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michal Podlaski (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pawel Charucki (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Karel Hnik (Cze) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adam Stachowiak (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Stölting Service Group | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Stölting Service Group | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lennard Kämna (Ger) Stölting Service Group | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Stölting Service Group | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nico Brüngger (Swi) Team Roth | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrea Zordan (Ita) Team Roth | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Kohler (Swi) Team Roth | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giacomo Tomio (Ita) Team Roth | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrea Cacciotti (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Molteni (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mattia Viel (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Tecchio (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alex Turrin (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eugenio Bani (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paolo Lunardon (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yukinori Hishinuma (Jpn) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sergii Movchan (Ukr) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kai Kautz (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Florian Nowak (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julian Schulze (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Georg Loef (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arnold Fiek (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Till Drobisch (Nam) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Moritz Fußnegger (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabio Chinello (Ita) d'Amico Bottecchia | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicola Genovese (Ita) d'Amico Bottecchia | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Gines Martin (Spa) d'Amico Bottecchia | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Iltjan Nika (Alb) d'Amico Bottecchia | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Tizza (Ita) d'Amico Bottecchia | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alessio Taliani (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
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